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Olympic flame rides the Tube

The Olympic flame has taken the Tube as it continues its week-long journey through the capital. A total of 144 torchbearers, including rower James Cracknell and skier Chemmy Alcott, carried the flame 43 miles across London.

Doreen Lawrence thanks supporters at Stephen Lawrence centre

Doreen Lawrence talks to reporters after carrying the torch through south London this morning Credit: Gareth Fuller/LOCOG/PA Wire

Doreen Lawrence has taken the Olympic torch to the learning centre she set up in the memory of her son, Stephen Lawrence in Deptford, south-east London.

Mrs Lawrence fought for years for justice for Stephen, who was murdered in a racist attack in Eltham, south-east London in 1993. Her campaign helped sparked the Macpherson Inquiry, which found the Metropolitan Police to be "insitutionally racist".